Japanese seize the Yenhow railroad in push toward Mukden
Tokyo confirms seizure of the Yenhow rail line as Japan shells Russian communications near Mukden. Reports say the torpedo transport Boyarin and the destroyer Kverso were sunk in the same action. Reuter dispatches note 17 Russian officers and 439 men killed or drowned at Chemulpo on February 9. Admiral Alexieff killed a lieutenant with his own hand during the Port Arthur skirmish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
Yenhow
Mukden
Russia
Imperial
New Chwang
Tokio
Boyarin
Kverso
Reuter Telegraph Company
Chemulpo
Japan
Alexieff
Port Arthur
Trouble for Russia Provokes Finnish Riots and Autonomy Threats
Helsingford Finland Feb 18 strong anti Russian sentiment runs through Finland as conscripts may be sent abroad under new arrangements. Riots and voting are feared if troops are deployed eastward, risking Russian use as excuse to end Vestiger and Finnish autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsingford
Finland
Russia
Far East
Vestiger
Russian Proclamation Firing Of Admiral Kilis Name
The government of Russia issued a proclamation in St. Petersburg on February 18 announcing a reshuffle that includes the removal of Admiral Alexieff Kilis and a lieutenant who abandoned his post of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexieff Kilis
St. Petersburg
Russia
Japanese Plans to Press Port Arthur Skirmishes Hint at Land Campaign
Japanese planners state continued sea harassment of Port Arthur until a land campaign starts. They call current attacks skirmishes but note they have been unexpectedly successful. Russians may be surprised when real assaults begin as the Port Arthur-Che Foo cable remains cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Japanese March On Port Arthur Amid Far East Battles
Cables report heavy fighting on the Yalu river near Chio Tien Cheng with Russian forces massed there. Reports say fresh Japanese troops have landed on the Liao Tung peninsula and are advancing toward Port Arthur and Mukden as Kuropatkin is appointed to command the eastern land forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Far East
Yalu River
Chio Tien Cheng
Yala
Korea
Tien Tin
Elliot's Island
Lio Tung
Port Arthur
Mukden
Ohio Politics Driven By A List Of Local Movements
Numerous residents travel, relocate, or visit cities including Oakvale Bramwell Roanoke Nashville Lynchburg and Cuba. A miner Pugh dies in Keystone. Nora Floyd Clarke and Col Lawrence Tierney wed in Baltimore with homecoming planned after March 10. Mrs M B Linkens dies in Graham at 26 or 27 leaving three children. funeral Saturday in Graham cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Floyd Clarke
Nora
Col
Lawrence Edward Tierney
Baltimore
Mrs. Tierney
Powhatan
W. V
Graham
M. B. Linkens
Speculation on Hanna successor shapes Ohio politics
Washington reports division over Hanna death impact on national politics and the Ohio fight to name his successor. Herrick and Cox hold big influence in the legislature with Cincinnati and Cleveland delegations shaping the outcome. Harding's path and Foraker's role loom as key factors in the gubernatorial and state political balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hanna
McKinley
Ohio
John Hay
Republican Party of
Herrick
George B. Cox
Cox
Hamilton County
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Burton
Foraker
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Senator Hanna's Body Lies In State In Cleveland
The body of Senator Hanna arrived in Cleveland at noon aboard a funeral train from Washington. Police lines controlled access at Euclid street station as crowds gathered. The body lies in state at the chamber of commerce, with services by Memorial Post, G. A. R. tonight. Funeral Tuesday at St. Paul’s Church at 1 pm with anticipated attendees J. P. Morgan and Cornelius Bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Hanna
Washington
Euclid Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
M DOWELL REPUBLICANS HOLD BIG CONVENTION
The 1904 Republican county convention at Welch elected temporary officers, formed committees to select delegates to state and congressional conventions, and named a county committee with representatives from all magisterial districts. Delegates to Williamson February 27 and Charleston April 14 were listed alongside judicial convention appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. W. Whyte
Republican County Committee
R. B. Bernheim
W. Burbridge Payne
James French Strother
N. Marshall
I. C. Herndon
R. R. Smith
Williamson
Charleston
W. J. Newerham
Sandy River
John W. Doss
Adkins
W. 2. Carter
Elkhorn
B. F. Tipton
North Fork
Browne Creek
D. R. Payne
Big Creek
G W Litz
W J Newenham
H C Fink
John Kennedy
L M Hunt
K F Steele
J C Herndon
D C Payne
Herbert Woods
J D Harper
James Hopkins
Fred Barlow
W Burbridge Payne
B H Powell
C F Wright
J H Peters
John Campbell
W A Hilton
F Payne
R R Smith
A B Kell
J W Cline
Giles Taylor
Ben Ayres
F C Cook
J H Belcher
A C Hufford
T J Swanson
J W Clark
P W Day
Edgar P Rucker
W Walden
William Thornton
Ord
E T Sprinkle
T E Houston
Cal Haynes
W C Carter
D R Payne
J M Dugger
S W Wooten
W Hughes
William Miller
EC Brawley
Samuel Crider
S Cooper
William Payne
J W Whittice
William Drewry
C Bernheim
J A Strother
C C Free
Mat Clements
J Lincoln
C W Spangler
S Calloway
William Sadler
Thomas J O'Neal
J F Johnson, Jr
H L Lord
B F Williams
T Tabor
J W Edwards
Harvey Hagerman
W H Hobbs
J K Smith
W W Whyte
L Morse
J F Strother
LC Anderson
E L Long
T Epling
C W White
A C Brewster
A Daniel
H J Capehart
Israel Totz
Charlee Wagner
R W Branscomb
Smith
IC Herndon
RR Smith
L C Andersone
A Strother
Barnitz
A C Free
M L Davis
E H Harper
BE Carter
GL Counta
J F Heileman
AL Calhoun
Hubert Woods
J R Greenawalt
W C Hall
JW Walden
Samuel Cridler
HL Lord
W J New
Japanese Battle Line Forms Along Yalu River
A Russian advance guard of 3,000 is encamped near Wiju after crossing the Yalu. More than 100,000 Japanese are in battle lines along the Yalu, suspected to be ordered to cross into Manchuria. The Japanese may be attempting a flanking move on the Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che-Foo
Yalo
Wiju
Tokio
Russia
Yala
Yalu
Manchuria
Czar Laments Unlucky Streak with Japan
Linberg February 18 The Slavo Polskie reports the Czar remains despondent over the war saying he is unlucky with Japan. He recalls ill luck began when he was Czarewitch and was attacked by Japanese soldiers.
Japs Establish a Base at Elliot
Japanese fleet reportedly establishes a supply base at Elliott off the Liao Taing peninsula about 75 miles northeast of Port Arthur. Russian ambassador cites authority for the claim as of February 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Elliott
Liao Tiang Peninsula
Port Arthur
Turkish troops rout Albanian rebels at Babjoshi
Salomea Feb 18 Turkish forces defeat Albanian insurgents who besieged Shemshi Pasha's battalion at Babjoshi. Rebels report eight hundred killed or wounded while Turkish losses are heavy. Government sends five more battalions from Usak to the uprising. Also an advertising note from J H Horton at 20 Bland Street promoting steep price reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salomea
Turkey
Shemshi Pasha
Governor White Returns to Charleston in Improving Health
After a long absence Governor White has come back to Charleston not fully well but much improved. He will stay several days at the Capitol to attend to business, then return to the Philadelphia sanitarium, remaining until March first when he hopes to be entirely well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Charleston
Philadelphia
Glass Man Escapes and Receiver Appointed
Edgar Bostock, manager of the Wetzel Window Glass Company at New Martinsville, is said to be missing and a receiver has been appointed for the glass company. A receiver has also been appointed for the electric trolley line between New Martinsville and Sistersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Bostock
Wetzel Window Glass Company
New Martinsville
The
Glass Company
Sistersville
Old Dartmouth Building Fire Destroys Hanover Structure
A fire began at 8 o'clock this morning and destroyed the Old Dartmouth building, the oldest structure on Dartmouth College campus in Hanover New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Henry Davis Killed by Train in Virginia
Henry Davis a prominent Russell county citizen was killed at Cartert on today by an east bound passenger train in Tazewell Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Davis
Tazewell
Russell County
Carterton
War Cloud in Near East Promises Cheap Homes by Guaranty Trust
The Standard Guaranty and Trust Company offers homes at 8 percent annual interest, with no requirement to own the lot. For details visit or mail a card to Representative F. E Whitehead at Hotel Central in Bluefield. state office Wheeling, W. Va. 219 tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
F. EK. Whitehead
Hotel Central
Standard Guaranty and Trust Company
F. E Whitehead
Wheeling
W. Va
Robert E. Reed Dies at Roanoke
Robert E. Reed, aged 18, died at his father E. J. Reed's Roanoke residence after five months of stomach trouble. Survived by father two brothers D. W. Reed and L. W. Reed and his saints the Misne Pugh. Body to be taken to Winchester for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Robert E. Reed
E. J. Reed
D. W
L. W. Reed
Misne Pugh
Winchester
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Bluefield, W. VA
Edwin Mann
C. Pollock
Prof
Quintey
Yenhov
Admiral Alexieff
Mebane
Princeton Avenue
Cohen Liquor
Altamont
B. K. Cohen
Us Quick
P. J. Kite & Co
Bluefield Ave
J. Baker
O. Henike
Jones St
Mercer St
J. F. Witt
Raleigh Street
W. R. Yockey
Fourth Street
H. A. Lilly
Thefield Avenue
Princeton
Eexinbotham Avenues
Southern Collecting & Rental Agency
J. A. Donohue
J. Brown
D. Uf
Bluefield Loan Co
Wm. Hicks & Co
M. V. Smith
Ewly
Tyler St
Mercer Merchandise Co
Jones Street
A. B. Terry
Inter-State Furniture Co
H. C. Jones
H.C. Jones
WM. J. Thomas
W. H. Wheelwright
Yalo River
Kuropatkin
B. P. White
Oakvale
H. W. Shields
Bramwell
RK. C. Fleshman
J. H. Bagby
Nashville
Frank Gaugh
Lynchburg
First National Bank
Cuba
Porto Rico
H. B. Thompson
Mrs
T. L. Fisher
Wytheville, Va
City
Mrs. Fisher
Lizzie Harkrader
A. A. Land
Huntington
8. M. Smith Insurance Agency
Pugh
Keystone
Boris Clark
Senator Hanna
Senate
M'Dowell
Sanders
Hughes
Czar
Elliot
J. H. Horton
Bland Street
Glass Man
WAR Cloud
Near East
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